THE BROCKLESBY AND THE BELYOIR. 295 



and the race of Kutland ; with what good results is seen 

 to-day. 



The celebrated Quorn Furrier, who has left a good 

 strain of blood at Brocklesby — the Rally wood, to wit — went 

 to Mr. Osbaldeston in a Belvoir draft, he being by Belvoir 

 Saladin, a hound that Newman used very much. " The 

 Squire " was very fond of Furrier, and once had twenty 

 couples of his blood out at a Earby Gate meet. The ' ' Druid " 

 says, " He was a very black and white hound, very stout 

 and a hard runner, but not a very great line hunter." 



The Belvoir used Mr. Osbaldeston's blood considerably, 

 and no doubt it gave them drive and dash ; but they were 

 obliged to turn to Brocklesby in order to counteract 

 the muteness which was at that time the great fault of 

 the Quorn pack. Will Goodall had to do the same in 

 order to neutralize the muteness of Sir Thomas Mostyn's 

 Lexicon, using Badminton as well as Brocklesby blood for 

 this purpose. 



Mr. Heron's pack from Cheshire introduced a lot of 

 rich colour into the Duke of Rutland's pack, but not to 

 the same extent as when Brocklesby Rallywood began a 

 new era for the Belvoir. 



Will Goodall's first entry at Belvoir in 1843 was 

 twenty-two couples of home-bred ones, but the next year 

 he went to Brocklesby, and in 1845 to Sir Richard Sutton. 

 Goodall also turned to his old master, Mr. Drake of 

 Bicester, whose pack, originally Sir Thomas Mostyn's, 

 had been very greatly improved by the introduction of 

 Brocklesby blood, and by degrees quite wiped out the 

 muteness which had been such a marked feature originally. 

 To show to what a pitch of excellence these hounds 

 reached, and in what estimation they were held, it might 

 be mentioned that at Mr. Drake's sale four couples made 

 two hundred and twenty guineas. This Mr. Drake was a 

 direct descendant of the Drakes of Aylesby and the 

 Tyrwhitts of Bigby, and one of the family. Sir John 

 Tyrwhitt, was part-owner of the united Brocklesby pack 

 in 1714. 



